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"IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WIND" - Osprey

June 21, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WIND" Osprey - 11 Photos A country song by Ella Langley but in this instance a strong wind event that produced an amazing flying display by a male Osprey. You can tell how strong the wind was blowing by the disarray of the Osprey's feathers. He had flown into the nest from a western direction with a fish, spent some time...

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"BEAVER MOMMA" - Beaver (North American)

June 18, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER MOMMA" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos It can be difficult to determine "who's who" in a beaver family. Size can be a factor and also who leaves the lodge initially. Usually, the younger beavers (or who I refer to as the teenagers) are the first to appear in the evenings. The kits born that year don't generally swim out of the safety...

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"CAN YOU DO THIS? I CAN'T" - Pelican (American White)

June 17, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"CAN YOU DO THIS? I CAN'T" Pelican (American White) - 10 Photos American White Pelicans are frequently seen in groups, called squadrons or pods, but occasionally there is one sole pelican, who may be joined by others. The pelican in the photos below, however, arrived and departed alone. Because of the Spring run-off from the mountains & June ra...

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"MOST LIKELY LAST YEAR'S KITS" - Beaver (North American)

June 16, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"MOST LIKELY LAST YEAR'S KITS" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos From numerous observations, I've noticed that usually the first beavers to appear from out of their lodges, are the smallest and probably the ones born the year before, so approximately a year old. Sometimes on their initial forages, they bring back new grasses to the lodge proba...

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"SERIOUSLY OR CIRRUSLY" - Osprey

June 11, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"SERIOUSLY OR CIRRUSLY" Osprey - 9 Photos "Seriously" is, of course an actual word but "cirrusly" probably is not. However, cirrus clouds are an actual phenomenon. They are high altitude and delicate clouds that can be an indication of a change in the weather, such as an approaching warm front in this case. And that is why in the photos that...

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"GREAT BLUE WILD" - Great Blue Heron

June 10, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"GREAT BLUE WILD" Great Blue Heron - 9 Photos With recent rainfalls and the amount of precipitation, the wetland marshes that were once separate areas have joined together with connecting channels, at least for now. And with more easy access to larger fishing grounds, there's less of a need to fly when a long pair of legs will navigate the mars...

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"WHAT'S TRENDING THIS SPRING" - Woodpecker (Pileated)

May 31, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"WHAT'S TRENDING THIS SPRING" Pileated Woodpecker (Male) - 10 Photos So what's trending for the fashion conscious Pileated Woodpecker this Spring? Ants - not only are they a great food source but for those few who found their way into this woodpecker's feathers, they made for great jewelry. Look for the shiny "bling" on the Pileated's head in P...

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"NIGHT STAND" - Black-Crowned Night Heron

May 26, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"NIGHT STAND" Black-Crowned Night Heron - 5 Photos Thought from a distance this probably was a broken branch on a dead tree but did the, "is it, isn't it" routine so walked in to check it out. Peeked out from behind some bushes and there was an adult Black-Crowned Night Heron sitting on a dead branch directly above the creek (Photo #1 through P...

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"IT'S SNOW JOKE, IT'S FREEZING!" - Great Horned Owl

May 26, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"IT'S SNOW JOKE, IT'S FREEZING!" Great Horned Owls (Owlets) - 10 Photos NOTE: THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BLOG WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF NESTING AREAS Yes, was early April and it was snowing, quite heavily at times. The good news was that as the ground had warmed from previous days, the fallen snow melted quickly. The bad news for th...

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